Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
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Christensen-Dalsgaard in his office 2022. Photo by Rasmus Rørbæk, Aarhus University.
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| Born | (1950-10-06) 6 October 1950 (age 73)
Kolding, Denmark
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| Nationality | Danish |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
| Known for | Asteroseismology, helioseismology |
| Website | www |
Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard (born 6 October 1950) is a Danish astronomer at Aarhus UniversityinDenmark. He specializes in asteroseismology and helioseismology. He has made significant contributions to both fields, including predicting the oscillation of Sun-like stars in 1983.[1] He is the head of "Rumudvalget" (the committee of space of the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)[2] and the Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC) supported by the Danish National Research Foundation. He is co-investigator on the Kepler mission[3] and, with Hans Kjeldsen in Aarhus, leads the 500+ researchers in the Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC).[4] KASC is responsible for the asteroseismology component of the Kepler mission. Christensen-Dalsgaard has published several papers on this subject.[5] He was also previously the president of Commission 27 of the International Astronomical Union.[6]
He has been featured on Danish television and radio several times[7] and has given many free public lectures on astronomy and asteroseismology.[8][9][10]
Christensen-Dalsgaard obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1978, under the supervision of Douglas Gough.
In 2022 he was awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics[11] and in 2024 the Crafoord Prize in Astronomy.[12]
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